Thursday, January 27, 2005

The Hobson and Holtz Report—Special RSS Edition

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Welcome to a the RSS Special Edition of the Hobson & Holtz Report, a 23-minute conversation recorded live at the New Communications Forum 2005 in Napa, California, USA, on January 26, 2005.

Fergus Burns, CEO Nooked

In this show, we interview Fergus Burns (left), CEO of Hookable Media Ltd, the creator of Nooked, the RSS service for corporate communications. Listen to Fergus talk about the measurable benefits of RSS as a communication channel for organizations, the services Nooked offers, and how RSS is evolving into a mainstream communication tool. Download the file here (MP3, 24MB), or sign up for the RSS feed to get it and future shows automatically. (For this, you’ll need ipodder, software that lets you subscribe to receive podcasts automatically and sync them to your digital player.) If you have comments or questions about this show, or suggestions for our future shows, email us at comments@forimmediaterelease.biz. You can email your comments, questions and suggestions as MP3 file attachments, if you wish (max. 5Mb attachment, please!). We’ll be happy to see how we can include your audio contribution in a show.

Posted by shel on 01/27 at 06:03 AM
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Monday, January 24, 2005

The Hobson and Holtz Report - Podcast #4: January 24, 2005

Welcome to our weekly podcast, a 57:25-minute conversation recorded live via Skype from Concord, California, USA, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Download the file here (MP3, 24.9MB), or sign up for the RSS feed to get it and future shows automatically. (For this, you’ll need ipodder, software that lets you subscribe to receive podcasts automatically and sync them to your digital player.)

In this week’s show:

Intro:

  • 00:24 Neville and Shel on what this show’s about

Short Takes:

  • 02:20 Comments and mail we’ve received about the show
  • 06:45 My Blog: Margot Wallström, Commissioner for Communications at the European Commission
  • 10:40 Randy’s Journal: Randolph S. Baseler, VP Marketing, Boeing Commercial Airplanes
  • 13:55 Email vs. face-to-face

Features:

  • 17:20 Interview: A conversation with Jay Byrne, President, v-Fluence Interactive Public Relations, Inc
  • 37:25 PR monitoring of blogs
  • 39:05 Flakgate: Is PR dead, and the role of communication associations in representing the profession

Outro:

  • 48:50 We’ll be podcasting from the New Communications Forum in Napa this week
  • 50:05 Show length: Is it too long? Should we split it into two shows? We need your feedback
  • 52:10 Upcoming Interview: Bigha
  • 52:30 How to give your feedback; about the music and the band

Links for the blogs, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show:

Short Takes - Jackie Danicki, iPod, Saab 9-3 iPod, BMW iPod, Robert French, Heather Hollick, Windows Media Player, Winamp, Margot Wallström, Vice-President of the European Commission, North Sea Diaries, Jac Nasser, Randolph S. Baseler, VP Marketing, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Technorati, BlogPulse, Roger D’Aprix, IDC, Siemens, USA Today, Veritas, Google comment spam tag, Microsoft email caller ID.

Features - Jay Byrne, v-Fluence, Monsanto, Johnson & Johnson, Segway, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Business Week Tech Beat, Cory Edwards, PubSub, Kryptonite, Ketchum Communications, US Dept of Education, Armstrong Williams, No Child Left Behind, Jay Rosen, Rathergate, Richard Edelman, Jeremy Pepper, Tom Murphy, Elizabeth Albrycht, Mike Manuel, Steve Rubel, Rebecca Blood, PRSA, Council of Public Relations Firms, IABC, IABC Chair blog, Trevor Cook, Linda Zimmer, Cluetrain Manifesto.

Outro - New Communications Forum 2005, iPodder, FeedDemon, Marqui, Allan Jenkins, IT Conversations, Bigha, Garageband.com, RIAA, Rose Robbins, A Shel of My Former Self, NevOn.

If you have comments or questions about this show, or suggestions for our future shows, email us at comments@forimmediaterelease.biz. You can email your comments, questions and suggestions as MP3 file attachments, if you wish (max. 5Mb attachment, please!). We’ll be happy to see how we can include your audio contribution in a show.

One note regarding sound quality of this recording. We noticed some degrading of quality in some parts of the show. We’re not sure what the cause is—whether it’s Skype-related or our recording software—as we haven’t encountered this before. We hope it doesn’t spoil your listening experience, and we plan to have identified the cause and addressed it by next week.

Until later this week from Napa, California, and then next week’s regular show,

Posted by neville on 01/24 at 10:54 AM
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Monday, January 17, 2005

The Hobson and Holtz Report - Podcast #3: January 17, 2005

Welcome to our third weekly podcast, a 54:28-minute conversation recorded live via Skype from Concord, California, USA, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Download the file here (MP3, 24.9MB), or sign up for the RSS feed to get it and future shows automatically. (For this, you’ll need ipodder, software that lets you subscribe to receive podcasts automatically and sync them to your digital player.)

In this week’s show:

Intro:

  • 00:00 Shel and Neville on what this show’s about

Short Takes:

  • 00:27 iPod Shuffle
  • 04:14 Skype voicemail trial
  • 08:53 Getting up to speed on RSS
  • 14:50 CBC Radio 1 interview today with Ellen Simonetti, fired Delta Airlines employee blogger

Features:

  • 18:18 Interview: A conversation with Paul Woodhouse, The Tinbasher Blog
  • 28:50 The new blog of the European Union’s Commissioner for Communications
  • 33:07 Communication associations’ stand on ethics
  • 40:10 Blogging in the workplace - the risks and company policies
  • 48:11 New Communications Forum 2005

50:16 Outro:

  • How to give your feedback; about the music and the band

Links for the blogs, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show:

Short Takes—iPod Shuffle, Macworld, Doc Searls, Adam Curry, Technorati, PubSub, Apple, Skype, Dave Winer, Yahoo, CNN, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Martin Schwimmer, Bloglines, Jason Calacanis, Weblogs Inc, Skweezer, CBC, Eric Eggertson, Ellen Simonetti, Delta Airlines, Kurt Opsahl, EFF.

Features—Paul Woodhouse, The Tinbasher Blog, Butler Sheet Metal, Planters Direct, Times Online, Jackie Danicki, Big Blog Company, Marqui, GM Fastlane Blog, Margot Wallström, Vice-President of the European Commission, Ketchum Communications, The White House, Armstrong Williams, No Child Left Behind, New York Times, PRSA, Council of Public Relations Firms, Judith Phair, Richard Edelman, Edelman PR, Ahold, IABC, Waterstones, Guardian Newsblog, Feedster, Electronic Arts, Forrester Research, Charlene Li, Microsoft, Robert Scoble, Bloggers Bill of Rights, New Communications Forum 2005.

Wrap—Garageband.com, RIAA, A Shel of My Former Self, NevOn.

If you have comments or questions about this show, or suggestions for our future shows, email us at comments@forimmediaterelease.biz. You can email your comments, questions and suggestions as MP3 file attachments, if you wish (max. 5Mb attachment, please!). We’ll be happy to see how we can include your audio contribution in a show.

Until next week…

Posted by neville on 01/17 at 12:23 PM
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Monday, January 10, 2005

The Hobson and Holtz Report - Podcast #2: January 10, 2005

Welcome to our second weekly podcast, a 49:54-minute conversation recorded live via Skype from Concord, California, USA, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Download the file here (MP3, 22.9MB), or sign up for the RSS feed to get it and future shows automatically. (For this, you’ll need ipodder, software that lets you subscribe to receive podcasts automatically and sync them to your digital player.)


In this week’s show:

  • 00:00 Intro - Shel and Neville on who they are, why they’re doing this and what this show’s about.
  • 00:25 Start the Show - round-up of blog mentions and comments about last week’s show; the story of an employee communication audio that today would be a podcast; review of developments with blogging in the wake of the Asian tsunami disaster.
  • 15:40 What’s Hot This Week - the new General Motors executive blog; PR agency MWW starts a ‘blog practice.’
  • 25:20 Copyright and Blogging - copyright myths, using common sense and knowing what’s right and what’s not.
  • 32:45 The IABC Chair Blog - a constructive critique.
  • 37:10 New Communications Forum 2005 - what it is, where and when; overviews of Shel’s and Neville’s conference workshops; plans for special podcasts from the conference in Napa later this month.
  • 44:16 Wrap - interviews coming up; how to give your feedback.

Links for the blogs, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show:

If you have comments or questions about this show, or suggestions for our future shows, email us at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). You can email your comments, questions and suggestions as MP3 file attachments, if you wish (max. 5Mb attachment, please!). We’ll be happy to see how we can include your audio contribution in a show.

Until next week…

Posted by shel on 01/10 at 12:36 PM
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Monday, January 03, 2005

The Hobson and Holtz Report - Podcast #1: January 3, 2005

Welcome to our first podcast, a 43–minute conversation recorded live via Skype from Concord, California, USA, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands!

Download the file here (MP3, 19.85Mb), or sign up for the RSS feed to get it and future shows automatically. (For this, you’ll need an ipodder, software that lets you subscribe to receive podcasts automatically.)

In this week’s show:

  • 00:00 Intro - Shel and Neville on who they are, why they’re doing this and what this show’s about.
  • 04:43 Podcasting - its potential as a powerful communication tool for organizations, with some ideas for typical uses.
  • 15:30 The tsunami tragedy in Asia - the role of blogs as great examples of how they can help organizations, plus discussion on specific blogs and how they’re helping relief efforts.
  • 35:08 Wrap - two topics coming up in next week’s show (New Communications Forum 2005 and copyright issues for bloggers); how to give your feedback.

Links for the blogs, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show:

If you have comments or questions about this show, or suggestions for our future shows, email us at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). You can email your comments, questions and suggestions as MP3 file attachments, if you wish (max. 5Mb attachment, please!). We’ll be happy to see how we can include your audio contribution in a show.

Until next week…

Posted by neville on 01/03 at 11:41 AM
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Tuesday, December 21, 2004

Podcasts for Communicators

Starting in January, Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz—two communicators who think they have something to say that you might find worth listening to—start their weekly podcasts. Shel’s in Concord, California, and Neville’s in Amsterdam in The Netherlands.

We’ll bring a balanced view on what’s going on in the US and Europe in communication, technology and other relevant topics.

We’ll be having weekly conversations via Skype and posting the resulting MP3 recording on this podcast blog. You will be able to get the podcasts from our RSS feed or download them directly from here. Either way, it will be simple for you to get them.

What will we talk about in our weekly podcasts? What will be the format for our conversations?

Well, why not listen to our pre-launch podcast we recorded today - that will give you a good idea of what to expect when we fully launch next month.

We hope you’ll find our conversations interesting and useful. We’d like to know what you think. Let us know if you have a specific topic you’d like us to discuss.

So look out for the first podcast in early January.

Meanwhile, our best wishes for a peaceful Christmas and New Year!

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